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Decatur students raise nearly $5,000 for Lakeside 9/11 Memorial
It was all in effort for a new flag pole at the lakeside 9/11 memorial ... “We just said, ‘Hey, we’re raising money for this important community project. Do you want to give?’ ...
Smithsonian Magazine24d
The Story Behind the World-Famous Photograph of U.S. Marines Raising the American Flag During the Battle of Iwo Jima
The most iconic of these shows six Marines raising the American flag, using their bodies to push the flagpole upright and mark Allied dominance of the island. The photograph actually depicts the ...
Tallahassee Democrat19d
80 years later, Monticello remembers 'Boots' Thomas, hero behind the first Iwo Jima flag
Hours after the initial flag raising, a Marine officer deemed the flag too small and ordered a second, larger flag to be raised. While Thomas had already spoken to a radio station about the ...
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Watch: CA Woman Jailed After Ripping US Flag, Raising Mexican Flag, Declaring, 'This Is Mexican Land'
A California woman was arrested Thursday after raising a Mexican flag at a Bakersfield park where an American flag had been ...